Sentence examples for favored son from inspiring English sources
The Gomerans, oddly, spent centuries fending off Dutch, French and English corsairs (including Sir Francis Drake), and yet warmly welcomed Spain's most favored son.
Her singing attracts Patrizio (a dignified, vulnerable Pieter Lawman), favored son of the Duke of Tuscany (James Traherne), who has anointed him his successor.
The A.I.O. was not the favored son of Int.
In this way, Massachusetts said farewell to its favored son.
Mr. Espaillat appeared before the club on Tuesday evening as something of a favored son.
"How thoughtful he is," my mother observed, in habitual praise of the favored son.
It's not easy for women to own property in India, where epic battles over ancestral land in large extended families have long favored sons.
But the trade, though significantly damped, still thrives in rural areas because it arises from the mathematics of gender in rural China, reflected in the equations of supply and demand: *In rural China, there are nearly 120 boys for every 100 girls because rural couples, who favor sons, abort fetuses and abandon newborns that are female.
Favoring sons over daughters for an education is the Indian norm which ultimately results in disadvantages for their daughters.
He said he favored his son's return if a fair trial was assured.
During the 1990s they became estranged when Harrison McCain wanted outside managers to assume the top executive positions at the company, while Wallace McCain favored his son, Michael.
